Nacho (Jack Black) is a young man who was raised in a Mexican monastery in Oaxaca and now works there as the cook and takes it upon himself to rescue the holy place from financial ruin by joining a local Lucha Libre tournament and becoming one of the 'Luchadores'. Naturally Nacho isn't acting out of purely altruistic measures as he wishes to help Sister Encarnacion (Ana de la Reguera) a beautiful Mexican nun who has recently arrived at the monastery as well as the gaggle of young orphans who live there.
The Art Of Seduction is a feature length trilogy of dramas based on the short works of well-known American authors. It brings together some of Hollywood's top talent. Businessman Martin Meadows (Ray Liotta) returns to his suburban home and confronts his wife Emily (Andie MacDowell) whose drinking is beginning to threaten their children's safety. A Domestic Dilemma based on the story by Carson McCullers is a hard-edged portrayal of one couple's struggle with alcoholism. Directed by Kisti Zea. In the second tale up and coming boxer Eddie Megeffin (Matt Dillon) is pressured by his beautiful young wife Arlene (Kyra Sedgwick) to accept a big payday bout with a championship contender. Although he's not ready Eddie is eager to please Arlene - who has been all but forgotten due to his rigorous training schedule. Will Eddie's sacrifices pay off? Or will Arlene simply Return to Kansas City. Directed by Walter Bernstein. The third story sees the writer Henry (Scott Glenn) befriend Mara (Juliette Binoche) a prostitute. Struck by her mysterious charm and beauty he invites her to dinner and the two are passionately drawn together. Henry offers the kindness Mara has never known but is it too threatening to her pained existence? Mara written by Henry Miller is the touching tale of two lovers whose entire relationship is limited to a single night. Directed by Mike Figgis.
L'Italiana In Algeri.Live recording, BPA Palas, Pesaro, August 2006.
Fase: Four movements to the Music of Steve Reich the dance is by no means a simple piece on which to give a film-maker's imagination free rein. Fase is a quite compelling choreography which guides the spectator's gaze firmly only to have him suddenly discover that in its order lies a deep emotion. Thierry De Mey who has worked on a number of Rosas performances has approached the Fase project with verve. He has managed to turn the power of the choreography so as to create a film
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Shocking and highly controversial at the time of release, The Snake Pit broke new ground in Hollywood cinema for its depiction of mental illness and its treatment. Olivia de Havilland (Gone with the Wind, The Heiress), delivers an astounding performance as a young bride who suffers a breakdown and finds herself committed to an asylum. Director Anatole Litvak (Sorry, Wrong Number, Anastasia) had to fight to persuade producer Darryl Zanuck to back the film, but the result remains one of the most potent and powerful films to tackle the subject and was an influence on later works such as Sam Fuller's Shock Corridor (1963), Robert Rossen's Lilith (1964) and Miloš Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Product Features 4K restoration Original mono audio Audio commentary with author and film historian Aubrey Solomon The Battles of Olivia de Havilland (2019, 10 mins): critic and film historian Pamela Hutchinson discusses the revered actor's illustrious career Under Analysis (2019, 31 mins): an in-depth appreciation by author and film historian Neil Sinyard Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Martin Scorsese's 1990 masterpiece GoodFellas immortalises the hilarious, horrifying life of actual gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program. The director's kinetic style is perfect for recounting Hill's ruthless rise to power in the 1950s as well as his drugged-out fall in the late 1970s; in fact, no one has ever rendered the mental dislocation of cocaine better than Scorsese. Scorsese uses period music perfectly, not just to summon a particular time but to set a precise mood. GoodFellas is at least as good as The Godfather without being in the least derivative of it. Joe Pesci's psycho improvisation of Mobster Tommy DeVito ignited Pesci as a star, Lorraine Bracco scores the performance of her life as the love of Hill's life, and every supporting role, from Paul Sorvino to Robert De Niro, is a miracle.
20 Jams is a selection of videos that stretches back to the earliest days of hip-hop, through to contemporary 2001 R&B. Interspersed with period examples of MTV links, it showcases the music channel's extensive coverage of black music, albeit after a slow start. Run-DMC and Aerosmith's superb "Walk This Way" is a kicking start to this compilation, a mid-80s first contact between hip-hop and heavy metal, with the video demonstrating Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and the laceless Adidas boys coming to a working understanding that would prove massively influential. The awesome but often overlooked Eric B & Rakim follow up, before De La Soul's mellow and colourful "Me, Myself and I" heralded another radical shift in hip-hop story, wittily going back to a classroom setting to teach us the new style. Digable Planets and a George Clinton-like Humpty Hump offer their own stylistic divergences but then, as the video enters the 90s and beyond, it concentrates on some of the blander, less inventive, pop tendencies of R&B: Juvenile offers us every video cliché in the book; Monica's offering is visually drenched in the soft, dreary beige of her soft, dreary, beige ballad; while Method Man's interview segment, "You gotta make it look good ... nice and presentable ... sell more albums", is in miserably stark contrast to the invention of the hip-hop pioneers. Thankfully Erykah Badu, playing the role of harassed housewife-cum-diva in the video to "Rimshot", redeems the next generation. --David Stubbs
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Cara Buono (Mad Men, The Sopranos) stars as Joanne Schwartzbaum - a gloomy, glum and perpetually dissatisfied Brooklyn housewife who has been dragging her feet for far too long. She's drifted apart from her down-to-earth husband (David Lansbury), and her head's in the stars? After encountering cosmic forces in her own home, Joanne develops some kooky habits (think fascination with dead fish'), and joins a UFO support group to help solve the mystery. There, she meets Abraham (Isaach De Bankolé), an émigré from the Ivory Coast who shares the same fan-shaped branding mark on his skin. The two quickly learn an undeniable truth: aliens are among us, and it's no fluke. With their support team behind them, Joanne and Abraham embark on an outlandish mission to foil their alien counterparts and defend the planet. There'll be sleuthing, romance, and a guy in a skin-tight bodysuit (Joel De La Fuente, Law and Order). This nutty sci-fi spoof from award-winning writer-director Barry Strugatz (Married to the Mob, She-Devil), is as unexpectedly meaningful as the aliens in Joanne's kitchen.
Perseverance was rewarded when two brothers launched the world into a new age of powered light.
Virtual Sexuality: Seventeen year old Justine (Laura Fraser) feels like she's the last virgin on earth. It seems as though boys have a far easier deal. But now she's ready to take that big step.. First she needs to find that perfect match - her Mr Barcode. School stud Alex (Keiran O'Brien) fits the bill so with the help of best friend Fran (Marcelle Duprey) and geeky mate Chas (Luke de Lacey) Justine hatches a plan to set up a date at a Computer Exhibition. Alex however has other ideas and abandons Justine to go out with the man-eating Hoover (Natasha Bell). A dejected Justine decides to cheer herself up by trying out the Narcissus make-over machine and has a great time creating her perfect man on screen. But just as she finishes a huge explosion rips through the exhibition. Clambering out of the rubble something seems very different..somehow Justine has morphed into Jake (Rupert Penry - Jones) - her dream guy! Chaos ensues with hilarious consequences as Jake deals with life as a girl trapped in a (gorgeous) guy's body and Justine continues her search for true love in this hip sexy Brit flick! Evil Woman: The story of a group of young guys who will do anything to save their friend (Jason Biggs) from marrying the wrong girl even if it means kidnapping his ex-girlfriend his true love in order to bring them back together before she becomes a nun... Dick: The year is 1972 and like most high-school students Betsy Jobs (Kirsten Dunst) and Arlene Lorenzo (Michelle Williams) just want to have a good time. However during a class field trip to the White House they cluelessly wander into a behind-closed-doors top secret shredding session. It's time to both wag the dog and walk it. Seeking to uncover just how much the witless duo discovered the Commander-In-Chief appoints them 'Official White House Dog Walkers ' and it isn't long before the girls go from walking Checkers to taking out Tricky Dick in this fun-raising comedy of historic distortions.
Gulliver's Travels: See the world with Gulliver... Flight Of The Navigator: A 12 year-old boy is mysteriously abducted by an alien space craft and returns to Earth eight years later still only 12. He now has great navigational powers which enable him to fly his spaceship anywhere he desires. Merlin: In a time long past when magic was fading from the world the wicked sorceress Mab the Queen of Darkness summoned forth a mighty wizard to keep the power of the Old Ways alive. The wizard's name was Merlin. When his heart is touched by love of the beautiful Nimue Merlin turns away from Mab's dark enchantments. In anger Mab allows Merlin to be captured by Lord Vortigern and imprisoned with Nimue.
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TC always the irrepressible con-artist hits DVD for the third time with more laugh out loud antics as he continues to trick tease and out-wit Officer Dibble.
The names Audrey Hepburn and Holly Golightly have become synonymous since this dazzling romantic comedy was translated to the screen from Truman Capote's best-selling novella. Holly is a deliciously eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. George Peppard plays her nextdoor neighbour a writer who is 'sponsored' by wealthy Patricia Neal. Guessing who's the right man for Holly is easy. Seeing just how that romance blossoms is one of the enduring delights of this classic set to Henry Mancini's Oscar-winning score and the Oscar-winning Mancini/Johnny Mercer song 'Moon River'.
Live from the Bavarian State Opera one of the 20th century's most gripping operas is seen in this unanimously acclaimed Munich production from 1985. The opera staged by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch tells the story of the goldsmith Cardillac who is unable to part with his creations and recovers the objects he has sold by murdering the purchasers. A sensation at its 1926 premiere Cardillac is based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's celebrated tale of an incomparable but obsessive goldsmith and a rash of mysterious murders in the Paris of Louis XIV. The stellar cast is led by Donald McIntyre - a bass full of character and personality.
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